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GEORGIAN ORTHODOX LITURGICAL CHANT
Georgian Chant Featured in the NYTimes
The article, "Sacred Chants Reverberating Once Again," interviewed John A. Graham and Luarsab Togonidze for information on the history and preservation of Georgian liturgical music. See additional photographs here.
Ensemble Basiani Recent Performance
Ensemble Basiani was featured in the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Lincoln Center, New York City, August 13th/14th, 2010. Read a review here.
Chant Festival: Resonances from the Early Christian Church, May 2010
Georgianchant.org hosts a celebration of early Christian chant, with representatives of Kievan, Coptic, Gregorian, Byzantine, Armenian, and Georgian Chant
Symposium on Traditional Polyphony
The fifth international Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, sponsored and hosted by the V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, will run from October 4th-9th, 2010
Archival Music
See our updated Archival Recordings page for Gramophone recordings of Georgian chant from the early 20th century
History of Georgian Chant Preservation
See our brief survey of the 19th century Transcription and Preservation movement of Georgian Chant, with links to more information
Articles on Georgian Chant
Review two articles in English by Georgia's leading chant scholars, Malkhaz Erkvanidze and David Shugliashvili, on the Resources page.